BEER BARN

[mikesmowers]

  Good morning all, coffee, black, thanks Joe.   Walked into my office this morning and I bet there were 500 flies in here, I don't where they came from, the door has been closed. They were almost as bad yesterday. I can't hardly get anything done for swatting them, Heck I am even killing them while they mate, Creul aint I?
   Oh well, Yesterday was my birthady, turned 29  for the 20th timeLOL. Had a good day I guess, Mom & Dad gave me a subscribtion to Model RR Magazine and a nice set of X Acto hobby knives. I have not cut my self yet but I'm sure the time will come.
    I spent the last 2 days burning a tree stump in front of the train room door, I am wanting to enlarge the train room but I must get the stump out befor the concrete goes dowm. And besides it is relaxing to sit out at night with a cold beer and watch a campfire.
    On the last note, I am going to plan on going to the Okla City Train show on Dec, 2 & 3, This will be my first show and am looking forward to going. Anyone elece planning on being there? Gott to go kill some more flies.    Later,     Mike

[colvinbackshop]

Good morning: I'll take a coffee...Straight up, Joe! And how about hashbrowns and eggs this morning too, I'm getting a little tried of oat meal.

In between the household chores, working a little on the library, cooking dinner and taking in a union meeting yesterday.....I actually got out to the Trainroom and worked / played there for a goodly amount of time!

Over the course of the summer (pretty much non MRR time) the Trainroom ends up being an extra and easy to use storage space. Paint, varnish, brushes and rollers from touch up projects, some garden tools, left over seeds, a few hand tools, some storage of "stuff" while doing the remodel of adding the library.....(you get the idea), find their way to the convenient location of the Trainroom. So...After about an hour or so of straightening up the space in general and an other half hour of clearing off the workbench, I actually worked on the turntable bashing project that had been put on hold early last Spring! And I hope to work on it again today for a bit.

The "bash" is based on an article run in MR, Feb. 2002. I'm using the old standby, Atlas table as a mechanism to support a structure, making it a pit type. As I progress, I'll share some of the the how and why and a picture or two also.

Thanks, Joe...Keep the change...Gotta' get out to the Trainroom.

[gear-jammer]

Jeffrey,

Glad that you are doing better.  I have low blood pressure and have taken the plunge before.  That is a good tip on types of BP that you shared with us.

Sue

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Chris: They were poking and prodding me every two hours.

[91rioja]

Jeffrey, welcome back!!!!!!

Hospitals are the pits.  When my wife was in a few months ago, I remember looking over the dinner menu (yes, they actually had a menu to choose from).  Since she was in the cardiac ward, she was supposed to order from the "special" cardiac menu.  Man, I'll tell you, the food was the pits; odorless, tasteless substances that soemone in their mind thought could pass for food.  I'll agree, it is a good way to loose weight, but I'd rather try to do that in my own home, not somewhere where people poke and prod you every 4 hours.

Keep your chin up.  I know you will because of everything you've been through.  As far as I'm concerned, you're one tough hombre.  I would love to have just one ounce of your courage.

We're glad you're back.

Chris

[colvinbackshop]

Welcome home...And back to the "Barn" Jeffrey!

I'll have a cold one Joe...and one for the house too. Then, I've got to get to a union meeting! What fun that can be?!?! Maybe one for me and the house and TWO or MORE for the road!

If you put that gown on with the tie in the front....It "opens" all sort of possibilities!

[MisterBeasley]

Welcome back!  Did you have to wear one of those embarrassing hospital "gowns" with no back?  Well, at least it makes it easier to moon people who deserve it.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

WELCOME BACK, JEFFREY. WE MISSED YOU!!!

   Now that you are back, Can you explain RR signals to me, I have made a post but it doesn't make much sence.  Mike

Mike: Try this site. I found it extremely helpful in figuring out train signals.

http://www.lundsten.dk/us_signaling/index.html

This site may help you also.

http://www.trainweb.org/signals/usssls_types.htm

And still another site to try.

http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/BFSpages/LDSIGprimer/Signal.html

 

[mikesmowers]

WELCOME BACK, JEFFREY. WE MISSED YOU!!!

   Now that you are back, Can you explain RR signals to me, I have made a post but it doesn't make much sence.  Mike

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Hey, where's the band and the fanfare. I'M BACK!

If you want to lose wieght fast, check into a hospital. The food there will surely have you taking the pounds off. The meals I got were less than flattering. The breakfast was a miserable looking thing. 2 pancakes the size of a 15 oz can lid and about as thick as 2 nickels with 2 little sausages (I think that's what they were) about the size of your pinky finger. The other meals weren't much better. It was mostly sugar free stuff and low carbs. And they wondered why my blood sugar level kept crashing.

HELLO! It's because I wasn't getting enough food to keep a starving mosquito alive!

Now they're trying to figure out why my blood pressure is going crazy. They would check my blood pressure 2 ways. First they would check it while I was lying down, then they would check it while I was standing. The standing one should be lower, but it's not. It's higher, by over 40 points.

David, Mike, Mister Beasley, Ibeamlicker, 91rioja, JB, and anyone I may have missed, thank you for the prayers and support.

I owe a personnal apology to my young friend David (TrainMaster). I put you through hell for things that were beyond your control, and for that I am sorry. We've known each other a long time and I love you like a son. To make it up to you I'll take you to the LHS next month and you can get whatever 4 structures you want for your layout.

[MisterBeasley]

I'll drink to that!  A virtual beer, anyhow, seeing how it's early (for me) Sunday morning and I haven't even had my coffee yet.  Welcome back, Jeffery.  I think you'll find the food is better here than in the hospital.  Last time I was in (torn rotator cuff - skiing - at least I did it on a black diamond slope) they had the worst mac 'n' cheese I've ever tasted.  How can you mess up mac 'n' cheese, anyway?

[Train Master]

GOOD NEWS

jeffs being discharged this morning and should be home within the hour.

[Train Master]

May I get a cold one please?

lets see some id please

[robindro]

May I get a cold one please?

[colvinbackshop]

Set up the house Joe. A tall cold one here please! It's been a long day away from home again today. Boy, this "Stop Order" regarding construction on the CCRY has to get lifted.

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery and return to the forum, Jeffery! Thoughts, hope and prayer headed your way from here!

Something I've been looking at latly is a track cleaning car that will lay down and pick up some solvent. One that has caught my eye is the "Clean Machine" from CMX Prouducts. Any comments / concerns / experience?

 

[91rioja]

Jeff:  I think you can, I think you can, I think you can. . . . .

Get better soon.  We all miss you here!

Chris

[Ibeamlicker]

    Great.  Thanks Train Master.  Give him a message for me if you will, tell him I need some help on my RR and to get better real quick so he can help me.   I think I can speak for a lot of us here at the Barn, We all hope for a speedy recovery.      Mike

MIKE: message delivered. jeff says 'keep your shirt on', he will be with you as soon as he can and will help you build the best layout you can have. hes built dozens of them.

I think you can speak for ALL of us we wish Jeffrey a quick recovery!

[Train Master]

    Great.  Thanks Train Master.  Give him a message for me if you will, tell him I need some help on my RR and to get better real quick so he can help me.   I think I can speak for a lot of us here at the Barn, We all hope for a speedy recovery.      Mike

MIKE: message delivered. jeff says 'keep your shirt on', he will be with you as soon as he can and will help you build the best layout you can have. hes built dozens of them.

[mikesmowers]

    Great.  Thanks Train Master.  Give him a message for me if you will, tell him I need some help on my RR and to get better real quick so he can help me.   I think I can speak for a lot of us here at the Barn, We all hope for a speedy recovery.      Mike

[Train Master]

   Do they know what happened yet, Hope he can still work/play with his trains. I enjoy his comments.     Mike

MIKE: he cant wait to get back on the forum and be back among all his freinds again. im countin the hours

[mikesmowers]

   Do they know what happened yet, Hope he can still work/play with his trains. I enjoy his comments.     Mike

[Train Master]

MISTER BEASLEY: jeffs comin home tomorow afternoon, maybe tomorow nite.

[MisterBeasley]

He's got a lot of friends out here, and we're all pulling for him.  TrainMaster, thanks for the update and for keeping us informed.  If he's going to be in a while, maybe you can let us know what hospital he's in so we can send him a card or something.

[Train Master]

UPDATE ON JEFFREY WIMBERLY

he is coming home tomorrow. but hes changed. he gets mad very easy and is very quick to judge. the nurse says its the medicine hes on and they are goin to change it, so if he takes a snipe at you, try to ignore it please. i have already taken a lot from him today, but im his best freind, so im not goin to say anythin

[mikesmowers]

  Thanks Train master for the info. I have been wondering where he was, I figured there must have been something the matter since he is always here and all of a sudden he is not.  Tell him we (I)  miss him here and wish him the best.       Mike

[Train Master]

FOR THOSE WHO KNOW JEFFREY WIMBERLY

i dont like being the bearer of bad news, but here gos.

for those wundering where jeffrey wimberly has been, i have this to say.

jeff passed out at work the other day and is in th hospital. nobody is sure what happend. i will post more as i get it.

i for one hope it is nothin serius and i am hopin for the best

[MisterBeasley]

I bought some blue painters' tape while painting a trolley.  I had tried ordinary masking tape, but it did pull up the paint.  The blue stuff worked just great, and I started using it on structures as well.  I did use spray paint on these, not liquid on a brush.  I think the spray is a lot safer, as it won't puddle up and seep under the tape.

Coffee, black with some sugar.  It's a quiet Saturday morning.  Last night was the "Tournament of Plays" at the high school, where the 4 classes each put on a short play.  They do this in the short gap between fall and winter sports, so more kids can participate.  Great fun and a lot of laughs.  My own daughter (a Mime last night) and one of her many friends and fellow actors are still sleeping it off.

[SqueakyWheels]

Mike, see if you can find some drafters tape....from when the draftsmen actually used a board and a T-square. I'm pretty sure you can still get it, but it may have to be from an "office store". This stuff is WAY LESS sticky then anything I've ever seen / used and works great!

And...Joe, set the place up! And I'm feeling a need for a tall cold one myself! Please and thanks.

My turn to bump.

Colvinbackshop,

I was going to tell Mike the same thing. Now that is spooky- back when draftsmen actually scribbled everything out on a board. I'm starting to feel dated myself.

Question is; where would one find drafting tape? Would it be possible to find the stuff at a typical office supply store?

Can I get one Joe? Even a fruit flavored brew would work at this time. My last binge didn't turn out too good- bad day- and the mood wasn't exactly right. Last Thursday- the whole day went off-kiltered for some strange reason.

[colvinbackshop]

Mike, see if you can find some drafters tape....from when the draftsmen actually used a board and a T-square. I'm pretty sure you can still get it, but it may have to be from an "office store". This stuff is WAY LESS sticky then anything I've ever seen / used and works great!

And...Joe, set the place up! And I'm feeling a need for a tall cold one myself! Please and thanks.

[mikesmowers]

  Good evening all.  Joe set 'um up here    Thanks.    I went to Lawton this afternoon to look for a yellow paint pen to do the stripes on my highway and could not find anything except a yellow croyon or chalk.  So I figured I best break down and mask them off and spray them.   Well all went great until I went to remove the masking tape and in places it pulled the top layer off the road.  Damn!!!,    I will wait til tommarrow and get some painters tape to do the rest of them.  Any way I guess the road will just have to have some ''patches'' in it, who knows, may look even better.   
    I will have to wait until tommarrow to see what happens,  Joe another round for who ever needs a refill.      Has anyone heard from Jeffrey today?       Mike